Talk:United Kingdom constituencies

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[edit] History

I am wondering when it became appropriate to refer to UK constituencies. 1707? And: did Scotland have constituencies (so called) prior to 1707? I am thinking about whether and how the article might be expanded with a history of the use of constituencies in what are now parts of the UK. Laurel Bush 11:40, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC).

Technically, the United Kingdom came into existence in 1801, with the Union of Great Britain and Ireland. Today it is officially the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". Both England and Scotland had Parliaments elected by constituency even before 1707, although of course the franchise was much more restricted than today. The history of UK parliamentary constituencies is indeed a fascinating one, but unfortunately I am not the person to do it justice. Alex Swanson 14:57, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

A dimension of the history is now developing in List of former Parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom. Laurel Bush 10:05, 30 September 2005 (UTC).

[edit] EU =

Shouldn't something on the UK's EU parliamentary constituencies be added? Andelarion 22:10, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Candidates for next general election

Declaring my interest as a candidate, at what point should candidates for the next general election be mentionned, or only afterwards? MikeHobday 18:34, 29 September 2007 (UTC)